Jessica Tarlov
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So there was an immigration job and we want you to close the border.
And you did that.
And you did a good job.
And I think it's important to, you know, I wish the asylum system was working better.
But, like, if you let in, you know, a quarter of a million people on a monthly basis for three years or whatever, then it's got to be closed for a little bit to kind of figure out what's going on.
But the main job was to lower the prices of asylum.
Gas, eggs, school supplies, like all the things that we need on a daily basis.
Housing.
And none of that has happened.
And I always try to, and part of this is a function of working.
Well, the Supreme Court may save us, which I haven't uttered in a very long time on the tariff front.
But, yeah, it's definitely made it worse.
And you've seen some Republican senators find their backbone about it, you know, voting toβ
Well, they voted to scrap the Brazil and the Canadian tariffs.
I don't know how that actually works.
The problem is I feel like all this stuff happens in government, but he doesn't care.
So it just keeps going anyway.
So I call up Mark Carney and be like, I know that you saw this, but actually it's still on, baby.
But I try and it's connected to working in conservative spaces for sure.
But like there are good reasons that people voted for Trump in 2024.